Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Adding Wall Sections

A wall section is basically the same as a building section. The only difference is that, when you place a wall section, Revit will hold the extents to a much smaller area. When you add a building section, Revit will want to extend to the farthest geometry. That being said, a wall section is usually placed to show only the item being cut, not allowing the geometry beyond to be seen.

Start by opening your model, or go to www.sybex.com/go/revit2012ner and browse to Chapter 3. Open the file called NER-08.rvt. If you wish, you can use a project you are working on and replace any names and specific dimensions with ones that are applicable to your project. To place a wall section, follow this procedure:

1. Double-click Level 1 in ...